Just saying, it's pretty well known among a certain small community of persons.
That said, the man's still a great linguist, as are all the guys at Language Log. Especially Mark Lieberman. That guy's really a fucking genius. I guess those years of hanging out at Haskins as a child (with his also brilliant father) did hime some good.
Actually, it's not sarcasm, it's stupidity. The phrase is actually, "I couldn't care less." However, some people misheard this and unthinkingly began saying "I could care less." It persists among the intellectually inferior.
I'd just like to thank you - honestly and heartily - for acknowledging being incorrect. In just that small gesture, you prove yourself a better person than most.
The nonsense about cream cheese only being made first in Philadelphia, PA, in 1872 is merely a corporate myth.
Well, if you read the webpage a bit more carefully, you'd have noticed that it says that cream cheese was in fact invented in Chester, NY, and not Philadelphia. Not that is isn't a corporate myth, but at least criticise the actual statement's content.
Why you get mod points for directing everyone to the Kraft web site and I don't get any for passing on my own direct knowledge of what really happened two centuries ago is beyond me.
I provided a link to something; Slashdot moderators like links. What are you gonnna do?
I used to date the granddaughter of the woman who first devised the recipe for Thousand Island dressing so I know all about that one, too.
Oh yeah? Well, I used to date the granddaughter of the guy who coined the term "black hole" (in the sense of the gravitational phenomenon, not the dungeon in Calcuta). I could also tell lots of interesting stories, or ones that are at least interesting to me or to other people with equally skewed ideas of what constitutes interesting.
Rather than referring to the place of origin, I believe the grandparent was referring to the brand of cream cheese made by Kraft Foods. Check out their website for an explanation of the purported origin of cream cheese. Apparently, the brand name was choses because people at the time associated Philadelphia with quality.
As a longtime resdient of the city of brotherly filth, let me just say that the mind just fucking reels at that association.
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And the person that modded my previous post as redundant is a cowardly motherfucking dipshit.
Troll, perhaps, or flamebait. But redundant? You're a fucking dumbshit. People like you are destroying the species.
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And the person that modded you insightful is an even bigger dipshit for not seeing what an already astoundingly gigantic dipshit you are.
I originally got caught in the heat of the moment - have to remember that it doesn't really matter, so long as everyone understands what everyone's talking about.
I say "squirrel" too, but only in the context of MS SQL Server. Cause it's full of squirrels.
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First, SQL comes from SEQUEL ( Structured English Query Language), created by IBM in the 70's for getting data from System R.
Second, I know plenty of mainframe and UNIX guys from way back who say "sequel" for SQL, some former IBMers, others not. The only people I ever hear call it "ess-que-ell" are management types and some FOSS people who have only ever heard about databases from reading stuff on the web and have never had a real job working with real databases.
A private company, which in this case filed a criminal complaint against the individual involved. A criminal complaint prosecuted by the government. Hence the first amendment violation.
All you have to do is follow the logic ALL the way through.
Since we've already paid to do the research to construct one, let's modify it if need be and use it. Far far cheaper than developing a ground based laser system. Not that we realistically need an anti-satellite capability for the likely threats the US faces in the next 20-30 years.
We don't scan for radioactive material coming into the US at all ports.
This is a waste of money. Spend the cash you'd put into a ground based anti-satellite laser and instead do things that would measurably improve the security of the US against attack from vectors which matter in realistic terms. If we determine we really need to destroy a satellite, we already have specially designed anti-satellite missles.
Well, we actually have the right to bear arms because of "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State." I believe the original intent (as expessed there) was to defend the nation against foriegn invaders. The founding fathers very clearly didn't want a standing national military in the US, and so state or local level militias would be required to provide a ready supply of soldiers should national defense be necessary.
That said, the same guys also didn't trust government to stay uncorrupt. "A little revolution, from time to time, is a good thing," as Jefferson once said. The unfortunate fact of the matter is, however, that the current government has a large standing army with weapons that far outstrip what even the most well armed civillian has. Effectve armed rebellion against the federal government and the persons running it is, for all intents and purposes, impossible.
And finally, regarding our freedom of the press. It seems like the most use they've made of it in the past 10 years or so was providing in depth reporting of the whereabouts and activities of Bill Clinton's penis.
Kerberos is an authentication protocol; it only allows hosts on a network to reliably determine one another's identity. It can't (by itself) prevent snooping if the message, or to prevent alteration of a message in transit. The only thing(s) that could reliably prevent snooping would be message level encryption/signatures.
The battlefield seems to be centered around which group has the better funded lobbyists, with companies such as Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and many others competing against the well funded Telecommunications lobbysts. The committee voted the amendment down, 34 to 22.
So long as we're clear: it's just big companies with lots of money fighting each other for the right to make money off of us. God for-fucking-bid the "battlefield" should in anyway involve some kind of consideration of what might be best for the human constitutents the congresscritters are elected to serve.
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Honestly, people make mistakes. You come off as a much classier person when you just acknowledge them.
Just because you're a conservative doesn't mean you have to act like an ass.
Just saying, it's pretty well known among a certain small community of persons.
That said, the man's still a great linguist, as are all the guys at Language Log. Especially Mark Lieberman. That guy's really a fucking genius. I guess those years of hanging out at Haskins as a child (with his also brilliant father) did hime some good.
Just throwing that out there.
No, seriously. He's completely right.
Seriously, nobody gives a shit about him.
He's a self-promoting moralistic jerkoff. Stop giving him air by paying attention to him.
For the word you intend, the proper spelling is "principle."
FWIW, I'm an awful speller, too.
How are you able to type with that dick in your ass?
Actually, it's not sarcasm, it's stupidity. The phrase is actually, "I couldn't care less." However, some people misheard this and unthinkingly began saying "I could care less." It persists among the intellectually inferior.
I'd just like to thank you - honestly and heartily - for acknowledging being incorrect. In just that small gesture, you prove yourself a better person than most.
This is America. With absolutely no exaggeration, if you do something that's illegal, it's just fine if you're sufficiently large.
Mmmm. Weed.
Well, if you read the webpage a bit more carefully, you'd have noticed that it says that cream cheese was in fact invented in Chester, NY, and not Philadelphia. Not that is isn't a corporate myth, but at least criticise the actual statement's content.
Why you get mod points for directing everyone to the Kraft web site and I don't get any for passing on my own direct knowledge of what really happened two centuries ago is beyond me.
I provided a link to something; Slashdot moderators like links. What are you gonnna do?
I used to date the granddaughter of the woman who first devised the recipe for Thousand Island dressing so I know all about that one, too.
Oh yeah? Well, I used to date the granddaughter of the guy who coined the term "black hole" (in the sense of the gravitational phenomenon, not the dungeon in Calcuta). I could also tell lots of interesting stories, or ones that are at least interesting to me or to other people with equally skewed ideas of what constitutes interesting.
As a longtime resdient of the city of brotherly filth, let me just say that the mind just fucking reels at that association.
Troll, perhaps, or flamebait. But redundant? You're a fucking dumbshit. People like you are destroying the species.
And the person that modded you insightful is an even bigger dipshit for not seeing what an already astoundingly gigantic dipshit you are.
I originally got caught in the heat of the moment - have to remember that it doesn't really matter, so long as everyone understands what everyone's talking about.
I say "squirrel" too, but only in the context of MS SQL Server. Cause it's full of squirrels.
Second, I know plenty of mainframe and UNIX guys from way back who say "sequel" for SQL, some former IBMers, others not. The only people I ever hear call it "ess-que-ell" are management types and some FOSS people who have only ever heard about databases from reading stuff on the web and have never had a real job working with real databases.
All you have to do is follow the logic ALL the way through.
Since we've already paid to do the research to construct one, let's modify it if need be and use it. Far far cheaper than developing a ground based laser system. Not that we realistically need an anti-satellite capability for the likely threats the US faces in the next 20-30 years.
This is a waste of money. Spend the cash you'd put into a ground based anti-satellite laser and instead do things that would measurably improve the security of the US against attack from vectors which matter in realistic terms. If we determine we really need to destroy a satellite, we already have specially designed anti-satellite missles.
That said, the same guys also didn't trust government to stay uncorrupt. "A little revolution, from time to time, is a good thing," as Jefferson once said. The unfortunate fact of the matter is, however, that the current government has a large standing army with weapons that far outstrip what even the most well armed civillian has. Effectve armed rebellion against the federal government and the persons running it is, for all intents and purposes, impossible.
And finally, regarding our freedom of the press. It seems like the most use they've made of it in the past 10 years or so was providing in depth reporting of the whereabouts and activities of Bill Clinton's penis.
Kerberos is an authentication protocol; it only allows hosts on a network to reliably determine one another's identity. It can't (by itself) prevent snooping if the message, or to prevent alteration of a message in transit. The only thing(s) that could reliably prevent snooping would be message level encryption/signatures.
That could be the single tackiest thing I've seen in years.
So long as we're clear: it's just big companies with lots of money fighting each other for the right to make money off of us. God for-fucking-bid the "battlefield" should in anyway involve some kind of consideration of what might be best for the human constitutents the congresscritters are elected to serve.